Printed in the Benkelman, NE Post, December 1995
Edna Alice (Pettit) Hatch
Edna Alice Hatch, 71, died Friday, Dec. 8, 1995, at Broadstone Memorial Nuckolls County hospital in Superior, Neb. She was born on a farm in Cheyenne county, Kan., on May 22, 1924, to Harry and Stella (McClain) Pettit.
She spent her childhood on the farm where she was born on the Big Timber. She attended grade school at Baker School and graduated from Bird City (Kan.) High School.
On April 25, 1943, she married Virgil Hatch in Benkelman, Neb. They moved to their present farm on the Big Timber in 1949 where she spent most of her life helping Virgil with farming and raising cattle.
Survivors include sons Ronnie and his wife, Kerin, of Nevada, Mo., Ken and his wife, Rhea. of Tucson, Ariz., and Dennis and his wife, Betty, of Superior, Neb.; a daughter, Lanetta and her husband, John Harrington, of Sharon, Vt.; brothers Floyd Pettit of Benkelman and Melvin Pettit of Wymore, Neb., and sisters Aletha Willis of Bird City and Fannie Chipperfield of Atwood. Kan.: 10 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren and 3 step-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband.
Services were held Tuesday, Dec. 12, at 10:30 a.m. at Jones Funeral Chapel in Benkelman with the Rev. Art Phillips officiating. Organist was Betty Erdman. Paul Erdman, Urlin McCartney, Wilbur Case and Eugene Jones sang “The Old Rugged Cross" and "In The Garden." Bearers were Corey Mikkelsen, Scott Hatch, Dan Sowers, John Harrington, Johnny Mays and Dan Donohue. Interment was in the Benkelman Cemetery with Jones Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Edna Alice (Pettit) Hatch
Edna Alice Hatch, 71, died Friday, Dec. 8, 1995, at Broadstone Memorial Nuckolls County hospital in Superior, Neb. She was born on a farm in Cheyenne county, Kan., on May 22, 1924, to Harry and Stella (McClain) Pettit.
She spent her childhood on the farm where she was born on the Big Timber. She attended grade school at Baker School and graduated from Bird City (Kan.) High School.
On April 25, 1943, she married Virgil Hatch in Benkelman, Neb. They moved to their present farm on the Big Timber in 1949 where she spent most of her life helping Virgil with farming and raising cattle.
Survivors include sons Ronnie and his wife, Kerin, of Nevada, Mo., Ken and his wife, Rhea. of Tucson, Ariz., and Dennis and his wife, Betty, of Superior, Neb.; a daughter, Lanetta and her husband, John Harrington, of Sharon, Vt.; brothers Floyd Pettit of Benkelman and Melvin Pettit of Wymore, Neb., and sisters Aletha Willis of Bird City and Fannie Chipperfield of Atwood. Kan.: 10 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren and 3 step-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband.
Services were held Tuesday, Dec. 12, at 10:30 a.m. at Jones Funeral Chapel in Benkelman with the Rev. Art Phillips officiating. Organist was Betty Erdman. Paul Erdman, Urlin McCartney, Wilbur Case and Eugene Jones sang “The Old Rugged Cross" and "In The Garden." Bearers were Corey Mikkelsen, Scott Hatch, Dan Sowers, John Harrington, Johnny Mays and Dan Donohue. Interment was in the Benkelman Cemetery with Jones Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Printed in the Benkelman, NE Post, December 1995
Edna Alice (Pettit) Hatch
Edna Alice Hatch, 71, died Friday, Dec. 8, 1995, at Broadstone Memorial Nuckolls County hospital in Superior, Neb. She was born on a farm in Cheyenne county, Kan., on May 22, 1924, to Harry and Stella (McClain) Pettit.
She spent her childhood on the farm where she was born on the Big Timber. She attended grade school at Baker School and graduated from Bird City (Kan.) High School.
On April 25, 1943, she married Virgil Hatch in Benkelman, Neb. They moved to their present farm on the Big Timber in 1949 where she spent most of her life helping Virgil with farming and raising cattle.
Survivors include sons Ronnie and his wife, Kerin, of Nevada, Mo., Ken and his wife, Rhea. of Tucson, Ariz., and Dennis and his wife, Betty, of Superior, Neb.; a daughter, Lanetta and her husband, John Harrington, of Sharon, Vt.; brothers Floyd Pettit of Benkelman and Melvin Pettit of Wymore, Neb., and sisters Aletha Willis of Bird City and Fannie Chipperfield of Atwood. Kan.: 10 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren and 3 step-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband.
Services were held Tuesday, Dec. 12, at 10:30 a.m. at Jones Funeral Chapel in Benkelman with the Rev. Art Phillips officiating. Organist was Betty Erdman. Paul Erdman, Urlin McCartney, Wilbur Case and Eugene Jones sang “The Old Rugged Cross" and "In The Garden." Bearers were Corey Mikkelsen, Scott Hatch, Dan Sowers, John Harrington, Johnny Mays and Dan Donohue. Interment was in the Benkelman Cemetery with Jones Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Edna Alice (Pettit) Hatch
Edna Alice Hatch, 71, died Friday, Dec. 8, 1995, at Broadstone Memorial Nuckolls County hospital in Superior, Neb. She was born on a farm in Cheyenne county, Kan., on May 22, 1924, to Harry and Stella (McClain) Pettit.
She spent her childhood on the farm where she was born on the Big Timber. She attended grade school at Baker School and graduated from Bird City (Kan.) High School.
On April 25, 1943, she married Virgil Hatch in Benkelman, Neb. They moved to their present farm on the Big Timber in 1949 where she spent most of her life helping Virgil with farming and raising cattle.
Survivors include sons Ronnie and his wife, Kerin, of Nevada, Mo., Ken and his wife, Rhea. of Tucson, Ariz., and Dennis and his wife, Betty, of Superior, Neb.; a daughter, Lanetta and her husband, John Harrington, of Sharon, Vt.; brothers Floyd Pettit of Benkelman and Melvin Pettit of Wymore, Neb., and sisters Aletha Willis of Bird City and Fannie Chipperfield of Atwood. Kan.: 10 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren and 3 step-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband.
Services were held Tuesday, Dec. 12, at 10:30 a.m. at Jones Funeral Chapel in Benkelman with the Rev. Art Phillips officiating. Organist was Betty Erdman. Paul Erdman, Urlin McCartney, Wilbur Case and Eugene Jones sang “The Old Rugged Cross" and "In The Garden." Bearers were Corey Mikkelsen, Scott Hatch, Dan Sowers, John Harrington, Johnny Mays and Dan Donohue. Interment was in the Benkelman Cemetery with Jones Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
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